AFAIK, the G5 isn't socketed, so no CPU upgrades there. The video card and ram is the way to go. Adding more ram will definitely boost your system. Adding a better video card will also offload a lot of the graphics processing from the CPU to the graphics card itself which will also in turn speed up the system. The hard drive upgrade from a 5400 rpm drive to a 7200 rpm drive will speed things up but not nearly as much as the other two will. Your best bet is to at least do the ram upgrade. Make sure your disk permissions are also correct, cause that can cause some speed issues as well. Our G3/4/5 cpu's aren't going to be the fastest at things on the web(ie flash animation and the like) because it was never optimized for such, so you won't see much of a gain there. Word processing, graphics and stuff our machines excel at. I think the biggest improvement will be the video card since you have already done the ram thing. If your gonna spend the money, make sure its a higher end card to get the best results.
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Valter Prahlad < [email protected]> wrote: > Il giorno 3-05-2011 0:22, heyjohnhay ha scritto: > > > I'm looking for a quick way to upgrade the performance of my stock G5 > > 1.8 single processor powermac. > Well, it depends on what you do with it. > Some app will gain more from increased Ram, others from a better video > card, > others from a faster HD. > A faster CPU would benefit everything... but there aren't CPU upgrades for > G5, AFAIK. > > Hence: > - Photoshop (and the like) will benefit from more Ram and a faster HD. > The same for video editing apps. > - Games will benefit more from a faster video card. > - Apps doing heavy redrawing on-screen, like DTP (InDesign, XPress...), > will > gain from a faster video card. > > If you tell us what your favourite apps are, maybe we can tell the best > bang-for-the-bucks improvement. > > A zero dollars solution would be overclocking... but the gain seldom goes > over 10%, and you might damage the CPU. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
